like many areas across the country this summer we've had quite a heat wave, especially the end of july and beginning of august. while my tomatoes were languishing in the heat, my peppers were loving it. as you can see i've got quite a crop of hot peppers. the variety i am growing this year is called 'hungarian hot black pepper.' they ripen to a typical red color, but before they do, they are a beautiful deep purple color. they do have quite a kick as well. these ones seem a little too fleshy to dry easily, but fortunately peppers freeze really well. i just keep them in a freezer bag to use throughout the year.
one interesting thing about the peppers is that one of the plants has peppers that are a much different shape than the others, even though they are supposed to be the same kind. instead of jalepeno shaped, they are much smaller, about a half inch. i've found that these ones dry easily, so i just let them dry on a ledge in my kitchen.
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